Saturday, July 23, 2016

In short: In this guide, geared to new users of Ubuntu, I will explain how to change the default applications.

Install, for example, VLC media player is, for me, one of the first things to do after installing Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus . Then it imposed VLC to make it the default application, as' doing every time I open a video it will start with my favorite media player.

A new Ubuntu user must be able to set all the applications you prefer to open files, this tutorial will explain 'how to proceed.

Change the default app in Ubuntu

The two methods that I will show you 'later are valid on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and, of course, on Ubuntu 16.04. You can follow one of two paths:

system settings

right click menu

1) System settings

Go to the Unity Dash and search your system settings ' System Settings ':

Once in System Settings , click on 'Details option':

After clicking on details, in the left panel, select the 'Default Applications'. You'll see the option to change the default app on the right panel.

As you can see there are only a few applications that can be changed here. You can change the default settings for the web browser, email client, for the calendar, for music, for video and photos. And other applications?

Do not worry, for the other applications you need to go to method two.

2) Right-Click Menu

If you've used Windows should be at the current option ' open with ' that allows you just to open a file with a program of your choice in the list of eligible candidates. There is also something very similar in Ubuntu.

Double click the file type for which you want to change the application that opens it by default and open " property " or " properties ":

Then go in the submenu 'Open with' to select the application to use by default:

Done! All in all the procedure is simple or not?

I hope that the procedure will be proved useful, if you have doubts or questions you can leave a comment in the box below!

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Unity 8 will not be the destkop environment by default in Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak according to the team development but will be available in a session alternative.

After the release of Ubuntu 16.04 with still aboard Unity 7 , many hoped that the next version of the operating system Canonical would embrace the most modern and innovative Unity 8 along with the display server Mir , relegating their predecessor in a well-deserved retirement.

Unfortunately, the team development has denied the rumors about it during the opening of ' Ubuntu Online Summit which is taking place this week through a series of Google Hangouts , Ubuntu 16.10 will still Unity 7 as a desktop environment by default.

However, all is not lost for those who are fed up of waiting. Unity 8 and Mir will still be available as alternatives sessions from the screen login , allowing everyone to try it.

This move indicates as Canonical is still uncertain about the stability of the new interface developed by them and he did not feel the promise that the project will reach a mature enough to replace Unity 7 in less than six months. While on a few devices specific as tablets and phones you can weed out bugs and problems of compatibility in each case, the most diverse market PC is a very different fish to fry.

What to expect from Unity 8 Yakkety Yak?

Despite the reluctance to affidarvisi completely, Canonical still has scheduled several objectives that aims to achieve by October to bring Unity 8 to its final release.

First there will be the feature parity with Unity 7 , very significant achievement that involves improving the management of monitor multiple, more windows in desktop mode and other news.

In addition, Canonical is proposed many changes including:

The porting of 'Ubuntu UI Toolkit' from QML to C++

The integration of driver support Vulkan/Khronos in Mir

Add support to global menu in applications X of Unity 8

And in general the various adjustments to the experience of the desktop " converged " who aim for years.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Google Inc. today announced the launch of a new update to
Gmail, which added the possibility of blocking the disturbing mails with only
one key press.

Now the users of Gmail on the browser can press on the menu
button on side of replay button then chose Block to become this title bannedimmediately.

The company said in a post on Gmail blog that in many times
the users may receive a lot of disturbing mails from some address and this is
annoying, so the company worked to make the blocking of this type of mails easier.

Google has announced that the service is now available to
all users of G-mile cross-browser, with the promise of their arrival to Android
users next week.

It is worth mentioning that is on JuneGoogle has
announced of Undo property to give the user the ability of undo transmit in 30
seconds after sending the message.

Google Inc. has launched a new update for
Google Wallet on iPhone and iPad to fully change the way of work for this
application.

The functionality of
the application has become limited to the transfer of funds between the users
like Paypal, But what sets it apart is the ability to transfer of funds to the
other person even if this person does not has Google Wallet account.

The old application had
an ability to register the credit card to finish the payment operations safely
with no need to fill in card data on every buying process.

Google unveiled changes
in the Google Wallet servicein May of this year, where they said that the serves after the
new changes has becomes to send and retrieve the money only, Also it has
updated the service on Android earlier in September.

The company embarked on
the move after its service for electronic payments Android Pay officially launched to
compete with Apple's Electronic service to pay Apple Pay addition to the Samsung
Pay service.

The new version of the
application is running on iOS7 or newer and Android 4.0.3 or newer .

And the new serves give
the users of Android 4.4 -in the devices that has NFS technology – the ability
to bay in more than one million place in USA.

It is worth mentioning
that Google lunched its service Android Pay earlier in September only in USA
with promisesto
provide the service gradually in more than one place around the world.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Good news coming this month, the press event that Google invites
to could see it unveil its next Nexus device, and other things from Google.

On September 29th the media are on an appointment to “a
morning conversation about some new treat from Google”

this will be the first major event with Sundar Pichai as the CEO
of Google.

We know that Google isn’t always predicable, but now a lot of
people say that the new Google hardware is coming.

Earlier this month CNET said that a Nexus launch was planned for
the 29th, and there ‘s been speculation that Google has tapped both
LG and Huawei to build different sized phones under its Nexus brand.

The Nexus devices runs with pure form of android and is
optimized for Google’s mobile software and it is worth mentioning that CNET
also said that the company announced the name of its next version of Android…”Marshmallow”.

The Nexus devices are also usually fairly inexpensive, but
Google doesn’t manufacture the phones itself since it employs companies such as LG to manufacture
its devices, where LG previously created
the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 phones .

A growing force in the global smartphone race Huawei — hasn’t
ever worked on the project, but It’s speculated that LG is working on a regular
sized smartphone, with Huawei contracted to develop a larger handset.

This news would be an interesting so this device would be an
interesting development that fits with trends in the market. Both Samsung and
Apple have released ‘little’ and ‘large’ devices to suit different tastes, Galaxy
Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus from Samsung
, iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus
from Apple have released and it seems like a strategy that others are embracing
too.

That is not all, since 9to5Google reported last week that Chromecast
2.0 will land later this month with a number of improvements such as faster
WiFi connectivity, faster playing, multi-room support and improved audio
feedback.

Let’s wait to the end of this month to see what’s in a quiver of
Pichai.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

You may unbelieving this but
it might become reality sooner , unusual type of battery that not only
transparent, but it can also charge via solar power. This technology could be
used in a lot of future products like a smart office and maybe home windows, we
can make the windows let the sun’s light pass through them and in the same time
it can recharge and store energy.

This battery developed by
team of researchers at Kogakuin University, this battery contains the same chemical compounds
that make any battery work, it is not entirely transparent, the light transmittance
is about 60% when full charge state, and when the battery exposed to sunlight,
the battery becomes slightly tinted, transmitting 30% less light –but it’s
still transparent.

To allow light to pass
through the battery the team of scientists shrink down the electrodes, all the
way down to around 80-90 nano-meter.

The work on this battery
take from the team about four years since a team of researchers at Stanford
come up with the concept of a transparent battery .

From two years ago the
researchers unveiled a nearly transparent prototype charged with separate solar
panel, then they began on integrating solar charging power into the battery.

The technology now close to
becoming in use, but it’s not clear how long it will take until it’ll be used
in commercial products.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

The developer Canonical have released the dates when the various release Alpha, Beta and Stable version of Ubuntu 15.10 Wily and derivatives.

And officially began the development of Ubuntu 15.10 Wily , new release intermediary that will be released next October with several new features and other updates. In recent months, the Ubuntu developers and derivative official integrate several new features and improvements from new Unity 8 and X server MIR (the soon should be also supported by AMD and Nvidia proprietary drivers). As with previous releases, you will be released before the Alpha and Beta 1 for derivatives officers, while Ubuntu will be available for the Beta 2 next 24 September, a preview of version Stable whose release is scheduled for Thursday, October 22 .

I remember that we can still follow the development of Ubuntu 15.10 Wily and derived officers thanks to ISO Daily Build that can download from this link .

Ubuntu 15.10 Release Schedule Wily Werewolf:

Ubuntu 15.10 Alpha 1 - 25 June

Ubuntu 15.10 Alpha 2 - 30 July

Ubuntu 15.10 Beta 1 - 27 August

Ubuntu 15.10 Beta 2 - 24 September

Ubuntu 15.10 Stable - 22 October

For further information please consult the relevant page on the Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf Release Schedule by official wiki .VIA:http://www.lffl.org/2015/05/ubuntu-1510-release-schedule.html

The developer Canonical has officially launched the development of UBUNTU 15.10 and derivatives officers. Here's how to download the Daily Build

A few days after the release of Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid, they have already begun work on the next version 10.15 Wily. As with previous releases, we test the various news and updates that will be included in Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf and derived thanks to the official Daily Build, constantly updated ISO images already available for download .

Note that with Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf arriv to the daily build of Ubuntu MATE , new derived officer who is having considerable success by the entire Linux community as it brings back the good old Gnome 2 with many optimizations and various customizations.

Note that we can maintain current ISO Daily Build Ubuntu or a derivative official without having to re-download, all this is possible thanks to zsync tool . It 'also a version with GUI named zsync GUI with which we can easily upgrade the Daily Build ISO of Ubuntu . This is the link to download the ISO Daily Build UBUNTU 15.10 Wily Werewolf and derivative official.

Friday, April 27, 2012

After months of development, the team Speed ​​Dreams has recently released the new version 2.0 of the popular open source racing game for Linux.

Speed ​​Dreams 2.0 brings with it many new features: in addition to improved stability and performance of the game, we find new paths that have been improvements, and corrections on previous tracks, 21 new tracks ranging from the circuits of Grand Prix to winding roads and difficult off-road.

On the new Speed ​​Dreams 2.0 also reach new car: we can now choose from 29 cars and as many as 84 skins, and were added in the preferences also the time of day and weather conditions for any type of race track.

Improved playability making the driving experience more realistic, and introduced the new mode "Career," which allows players to have a real career in racing.

Speed ​​Dreams 2.0 also adds the options of CPU to improve the impact and performance of the game.

The new Speed ​​Dreams 2.0 But does not bring the long-awaited multiplayer mode planned for this version, unfortunately the developers have not had enough time to integrate it.

Speed ​​Dreams 2.0 Ubuntu is available for 12.04, 11.10, 11.04 and 10.04 due to the dedicated PPA to install it just type in terminal:

The new Ubuntu 12.04 brought plenty of new features: from the improvements of Unity in the new HUD, Update many packages, among them are also Network Manager updated to new version 0.9.4 that brings many improvements, available from this page.

Some users have reported that once were able to connect, but can not navigate: this problem is quite common especially for users who use the Internet via mobile devices such as keys, cell phones, or using Ubuntu in Virtualbox.

The problem is due to DNS, which are not properly recognized and managed by Network Manager, but here's how to solve this problem.

First you need disconnect from the internet, this is done, we start the terminal and type:

For Ubuntu

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

For Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu

sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

And insert as shown below:

# Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

Then save (if we use nano we have to press CTRL+X then S)
and try to connect through our browser, and if we need to navigate to lock the configuration and to do that, we finish the connection and terminal type:

sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

Now we locked configuration and Network Manager can not modify it and then we can connect without problems.

To unlock the configuration, always terminal type:

sudo chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf

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